Auction 139, Lot 750

Subject: Atlases

Apianus, Peter Bienewitz

Cosmographia [with] Charta Cosmographica, cum Ventorum Propria Natura et Operatione, 1564

Size: 10.8 x 7.8 inches (27.4 x 19.8 cm)

Estimate: $7,000 - $10,000

Apianus' Popular Book on Cosmography

Sold for: $5,500

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 751

Subject: Atlases

Wells, Edward

A New Sett of Maps Both of Antient and Present Geography…, 1722

Size: 11.5 x 16 inches (29.2 x 40.6 cm)

Estimate: $8,500 - $10,500

Complete Early 18th Century Atlas by Wells

Sold for: $6,000

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 752

Subject: Atlases

Mentelle, Edme

Atlas d'Etude Adopte pour les Eleves de l'Ecole Royale Speciale Militaire, 1819

Size: 11 x 15.5 inches (27.9 x 39.4 cm)

Estimate: $300 - $375

Sold for: $220

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 753

Subject: Atlases

Rees, Abraham

The Cyclopaedia; or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Science, and Literature, 1820

Size: 9 x 11 inches (22.9 x 27.9 cm)

Estimate: $1,100 - $1,400

Sold for: $650

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 754

Subject: Atlases

Allgemeine Weltkunde…, 1835

Size: 9 x 11.3 inches (22.9 x 28.7 cm)

Estimate: $400 - $500

Sold for: $300

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 755

Subject: Atlases

Perthes, Justus

[2 Atlases Bound in 1 Vol.] Orbis Terrarum Antiquus. Schul-Atlas der Alten Welt [and] Schul-Atlas uber alle Theile der Erde nach dem Neusten Zustande, und uber das Weltgebaude, 1842-45

Size: 12 x 9.5 inches (30.5 x 24.1 cm)

Estimate: $600 - $800

Unsold

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 756

Subject: Atlases

Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.

Mitchell's School Atlas: Comprising the Maps, Etc., Designed to Illustrate Mitchell's School and Family Geography…, 1846

Size: 9.8 x 12 inches (24.9 x 30.5 cm)

Estimate: $400 - $500

Sold for: $300

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 757

Subject: Atlases

Tallis, John

The Illustrated Atlas, and Modern History of the World…, 1851

Size: 11.3 x 14.8 inches (28.7 x 37.6 cm)

Estimate: $5,500 - $7,000

Decorative Tallis Atlas

Sold for: $5,500

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 758

Subject: Atlases

Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.

New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of the World…, 1853

Size: 14.3 x 17.5 inches (36.3 x 44.5 cm)

Estimate: $1,800 - $2,300

Sold for: $1,300

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 759

Subject: Atlases

Johnston, Alexander K.

Atlas to Alison's History of Europe, 1855

Size: 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm)

Estimate: $450 - $600

Sold for: $325

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 760

Subject: Atlases

Morse & Gaston

The Diamond Atlas with Descriptions of All Countries … The Western Hemisphere, 1857

Size: 6.5 x 7.5 inches (16.5 x 19.1 cm)

Estimate: $350 - $450

Sold for: $325

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 761

Subject: Atlases

Colton, Joseph Hutchins

J.H. Colton's School Atlas, Designed to Accompany Colton's American School Geography, 1860

Size: 12 x 14 inches (30.5 x 35.6 cm)

Estimate: $300 - $350

Sold for: $220

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 762

Subject: Atlases

Colton, Joseph Hutchins

Colton's General Atlas, Containing One Hundred and Eighty Steel Plate Maps and Plans, on One Hundred and Eight Imperial Folio Sheets…, 1862

Size: 15.3 x 18 inches (38.9 x 45.7 cm)

Estimate: $2,750 - $3,500

Sold for: $2,100

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 763

Subject: Atlases

Johnson & Ward

Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas of the World…, 1862

Size: 14.8 x 18.5 inches (37.6 x 47 cm)

Estimate: $1,400 - $1,800

Unsold

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 764

Subject: Atlases

Johnson, A. J.

Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas of the World…, 1867

Size: 15 x 18.5 inches (38.1 x 47 cm)

Estimate: $1,200 - $1,400

Sold for: $1,200

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 765

Subject: Atlases

Rand McNally & Co.

Rand, McNally & Co.'s Business Atlas…, 1878-79

Size: 10.5 x 14 inches (26.7 x 35.6 cm)

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for: $210

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 766

Subject: Atlases

Hardesty, Hiram H.

Historical Hand-Atlas Illustrated, 1880

Size: 11 x 15 inches (27.9 x 38.1 cm)

Estimate: $200 - $250

Unsold

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 767

Subject: Atlases

People's Publishing Co.

The People's Illustrated & Descriptive Family Atlas of the World, 1885

Size: 12 x 13.5 inches (30.5 x 34.3 cm)

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for: $425

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 768

Subject: Atlases

Blaeu, Johannes

[Lot of 12] The Third Centenary Edition of Johan Blaeu Le Grand Atlas ou Cosmographie Blaviane, 1967-70

Size: 13 x 22.5 inches (33 x 57.2 cm)

Estimate: $3,250 - $4,000

Magnificent Limited Facsimile Edition of Blaeu's Atlas Maior - Previously Owned by R.A. Skelton

Unsold

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 769

Subject: Geography Books

Buffier, Claude

Geographie Universelle, Exposee Dans les Differentes Methodes qui Peuvent Abreger l'Etude & Faciliter l'Usage de Cette Science…, 1766

Size: 4 x 6.5 inches (10.2 x 16.5 cm)

Estimate: $500 - $650

Sold for: $300

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 770

Subject: Geography Books

Guthrie, William

A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar; and Present State of the Several Kingdoms of the World, 1783

Size: 5.8 x 8.5 inches (14.7 x 21.6 cm)

Estimate: $400 - $500

Unsold

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 771

Subject: Geography Books

Traite de la Geographie Moderne par le P. Gibrat, Pretre de la Doctrine Chretienne, 1789

Size: 4 x 6.8 inches (10.2 x 17.3 cm)

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $200

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 772

Subject: Geography Books

[Lot of 2] The Modern Gazetteer; Being a Compendious Geographical Dictionary… Vol. I and II, 1798

Size: 5.3 x 8.5 inches (13.5 x 21.6 cm)

Estimate: $350 - $450

Sold for: $250

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 773

Subject: Geography Books

Phillips, Richard (Sir)

Goldsmith's A Grammar of General Geography, for the Use of Schools and Young Persons…, 1827

Size: 3.5 x 5.8 inches (8.9 x 14.7 cm)

Estimate: $200 - $250

Unsold

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 774

Subject: Geography Books

Goodrich, Samuel Griswold

A National Geography, for Schools, 1846

Size: 8.5 x 11.3 inches (21.6 x 28.7 cm)

Estimate: $200 - $250

Sold for: $125

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 775

Subject: Geography Books

McNally, Francis

An Improved System of Geography, 1866

Size: 10 x 12.3 inches (25.4 x 31.2 cm)

Estimate: $180 - $230

Unsold

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 776

Subject: Geography Books

[Lot of 3] Monteith's Physical and Intermediate Geography [and] Monteith's Physical and Political Geography [and] An Intermediate Geography, with Lessons in Map Drawing, 1870-80

Size: See Description

Estimate: $150 - $180

Sold for: $60

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 777

Subject: Exploration and Surveys

Wilkes, Charles

Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition Volume V, 1845

Size: 7 x 10 inches (17.8 x 25.4 cm)

Estimate: $500 - $600

Sold for: $375

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 778

Subject: Exploration and Surveys

Stevens, Isaac Ingalls

Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, Volume XII, Book l, 1855

Size: 9 x 11.5 inches (22.9 x 29.2 cm)

Estimate: $300 - $400

Sold for: $175

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 779

Subject: Exploration and Surveys

U.S. Railroad Surveys

Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Volume III, 1856

Size: 9 x 11.5 inches (22.9 x 29.2 cm)

Estimate: $350 - $450

Sold for: $250

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 780

Subject: Exploration and Surveys

General Land Office

Map of the United States and Territories, Showing the Extent of Public Surveys and Other Details [with] Report of the Commissioner of General Land Office to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year 1869, 1870

Size: 55 x 28 inches (139.7 x 71.1 cm)

Estimate: $600 - $800

Sold for: $400

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 781

Subject: Exploration and Surveys, United States

General Land Office

The Annual Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office, 1845

Size: 6 x 9 inches (15.2 x 22.9 cm)

Estimate: $200 - $300

Sold for: $80

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 782

Subject: History Books

Humboldt, Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von

[Lot of 2] Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain Volume I and Vol. II, 1811

Size: 5.5 x 9 inches (14 x 22.9 cm)

Estimate: $275 - $300

Sold for: $300

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 783

Subject: Miscellaneous Books

Gottfried, J.L.

Historische Kronyck…, 1698

Size: 9.3 x 14.5 inches (23.6 x 36.8 cm)

Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500

Gottfried’s Scarce World History Complete with the Scarce World Map

Sold for: $1,700

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 784

Subject: Miscellaneous Books

Beadle, D. W.

The American Lawyer, and Business-Man's Form Book…, 1851

Size: 5 x 7.8 inches (12.7 x 19.8 cm)

Estimate: $200 - $250

Sold for: $125

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 785

Subject: Miscellaneous Books - Alaska and Canada

U.S. Government

Joint Report upon the Survey and Demarcation of the International Boundary between the United States and Canada…, 1918

Size: 9.5 x 12.3 inches (24.1 x 31.2 cm)

Estimate: $200 - $250

Sold for: $125

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 786

Subject: Geological Books

Geological Sketches, 1867

Size: 5 x 7.3 inches (12.7 x 18.5 cm)

Estimate: $120 - $150

Sold for: $75

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 787

Subject: Reference Books

[Lot of 5] A Guide Book to Norumbega and Vineland… [and] The Problem of the Northmen... [and] The Discovery of the Ancient City of Norumbega... [and] The Defences of Norumbega... [and] Sketch of the Norse Discovery of America…, 1889-93

Size: See Description

Estimate: $750 - $900

Fascinating Collection on the Legendary Settlement of Norumbega

Unsold

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 788

Subject: Reference Books

[Lot of 3] Die Entwickelung der Kartographie von Amerika bis 1570 [and] The Development of the Cartography of America up to the Year 1570 [and] Baptista Agnese and American Cartography in the Sixteenth Century, 1892-97

Size: See Description

Estimate: $140 - $170

Unsold

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 789

Subject: Reference Books

[Lot of 2] Mappamondi Carte Nautiche, Portalani [and] Portolan Charts Their Origin and Characteristics with a Descriptive List of Those Belonging to The Hispanic Society of America, 1911-67

Size: See Description

Estimate: $150 - $180

Unsold

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 790

Subject: Reference Books

A Book of Old Maps, 1926

Size: 12 x 17 inches (30.5 x 43.2 cm)

Estimate: $170 - $200

Sold for: $120

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 791

Subject: Reference Books

[Lot of 5 - Cartographic References] American Broadsides, Prints and Maps [and] A Collection of Maps Printed… [and] The World-Renowned Hauslab-Liechtenstein World Global Map [and] Uncommon Value… [and] American Maps 1795-1895: A Guide to Values, 1931-95

Size: See Description

Estimate: $70 - $90

Sold for: $50

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 792

Subject: Reference Books

La Mappemonde de Petrus Plancius…, 1944

Size: 12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 40.6 cm)

Estimate: $100 - $150

Sold for: $120

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 793

Subject: Reference Books

[Lot of 6] Maps and Their Makers... [and] Maps A Historical Survey of Their Study and Collecting [and] Map Making The Art That Became a Science [and] British Maps and Map-Makers [and] The Mapmaker's Art [and] Maps and Map-Makers, 1944-87

Size: See Description

Estimate: $100 - $130

Sold for: $160

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 794

Subject: Reference Books

[Lot of 3 Cartographic References] America, 1667 [and] Old Maps of the World… [and] A Topographical Description of the Dominions of the United States of America, 1949-59

Size: See Description

Estimate: $60 - $80

Sold for: $45

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 795

Subject: Reference Books

Harlow, Neal

The Maps of San Francisco Bay…, 1950

Size: 9.3 x 12.8 inches (23.6 x 32.5 cm)

Estimate: $500 - $600

Unsold

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 796

Subject: Reference Books

[Lot of 6 - Cartographic References] Essays on the History of North American Discovery and Exploration [and] The Discovery of America [and] America Explored [and] Explorers' Maps [and] The Decorative Arts of the Mariner [and] Great Voyages of Discovery…, 1958-88

Size: See Description

Estimate: $90 - $120

Sold for: $65

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 797

Subject: Reference Books

[Lot of 3 - Cartographic References] Bibliotheca Geographica… [and] Collections of Maps and Atlases in the Netherlands, 1961-65

Size: See Description

Estimate: $100 - $130

Unsold

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 798

Subject: Reference Books

[Lot of 3] Antique Maps [and] Guide to the History of Cartography… [and] History of Cartography, 1964-73

Size: See Description

Estimate: $80 - $100

Sold for: $60

Closed on 2/15/2012

Auction 139, Lot 799

Subject: Reference Books

[Lot of 3] Mappemondes A.D.1200-1500 [and] Tours et Contours de la Terre [and] Marcel Destombes (1905-1983) Contributions selectionnees a l'Histoire de la Cartographie et des Instruments Scientifiques, 1964-99

Size: See Description

Estimate: $400 - $500

Unsold

Closed on 2/15/2012